UC Patent Totals Soar for 11th Year
From an insulin pump to a cell sorter, UCSB helped the University of California receive more patents than any other university in the nation for the 11th consecutive year in 2004.
We Be Playin
When Artsweek first heard about mtvU taking over the airwaves here on our campus, our first thought was: “What do they want from us?” I figured by this age we were too old to be sucked into the traditional MTV programming that has plagued twentysomethings their entire lives, and too young to fit into the core VH-1 age slot.
Take the Big Red Challenge
The big new thing here at the Nexus office is to take a Big Red gum wrapper, lick it and stick it to your forehead. After a minute or so, you’ll discover something very newsworthy: It burns! It burns!
Surging Gauchos To Host Anteaters
The UCSB men’s volleyball team will attempt to exact some revenge and dodge some brooms against #13 Irvine on Thursday, after which they will battle top-ranked UCLA on Saturday in hopes of proving that they are one of the elite programs in the nation.
The Artful Dodger: Drew’s Concussion Follies
If you give yourself have a concussion, don’t do it at a theme party. Concussions, the doctor tells me, can cause a person to feel disoriented. Coincidentally, so can lying down in a room and looking up at otherwise normal people dressed as a farmer, a diehard Avril Lavigne fan or a finely mohawked punk rock superstar.
Hazmat Crews Contain UCSB Fluorine Leak
A fluorine gas leak in Engineering II forced authorities to evacuate students, faculty and staff from the building Wednesday afternoon while a hazardous material team inspected the laboratory where the leak originated.
Moby @ Campbell Hall
Generally, pop stars don’t frequent academic discussions. One cannot imagine Fatboy Slim or t.A.t.U at a political forum – and if this actually happened, I think we’d all scream and run for the rafters.
Surf Column: Spring’s Up, Surf’s Down
Ah yes, spring is in the air. The time of year when the Budweiser flows like water, miniskirts regain their dominance in the on-campus fashion scene and it is socially acceptable to attend class in your bathing suit. There’s only one problem with the otherwise perfect Santa Barbara weather: there are no waves.
Don’t Undermine the Pope’s Achievements
Regarding the column by Raffaello Colasante, “Our Late Pope Was Not Without His Flaws,” (Daily Nexus, April 5) – while he surely had time on his hands for scripting that awful diatribe about his inscrutable dislike of the Roman Catholic Church and its leaders, let’s at least pause and remind ourselves that he is, of course, a computer science major and woefully ignorant about anything non-bit driven.
Parties Parley in Ongoing A.S. Debates in Hub
Four candidates running in the upcoming Associated Students spring election faced off Tuesday on local and statewide politics at noon in the UCen Hub as part of a series of continuing debates.